Danielle Flonk

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Happy to announce a new publication! Ever wondered how and why digital platforms change over time? In this open access paper in @platformsnsociety.bsky.social, Kevin Garvey and I present three mechanisms by which platforms change. doi.org/10.1177/2976...

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Together, these strategies form a process that we call adaptive governance: the process of strategic, platform-directed design change in response to internal and external stakeholders. We test our novel framework in the case of Twitch. 3/4

But it is also highly applicable to other platforms such as YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram. It will enable researchers to identify pressures and patterns motivating platform design change in the future. 4/4

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journals.sagepub.comAre non-democracies taking over? Autocratization and international organization membership - Maria Josepha Debre, Thomas Sommerer, 2025Broad scholarly consensus exists that the third wave of democratization had an important role in the expansion of power and influence of international organizat...

Via capture, a digital platform introduces features that take over functions produced by users. Via imitation, platforms mimic the functionalities of other digital platforms. Via alignment, they implement features because users demand it. 2/4

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Maria Debre

@debremaria.bsky.social

5 Sept 2025

New publication with @tsommerer.bsky.social looking at changes of IO membership composition as a consequence of autocratization. Are non-democracies taking over? Available open access here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Alex Dukalskis

@alexdukalskis.bsky.social

1 July 2025

Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics by me & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social is now published by OUP in the USA (rest of world soon) If you are interested in why you see so many dictatorships & illiberal leaders influencing world politics then this is the book for you.

academic.oup.comHollow multilateralism: how autocracies contest the norms and procedures of international organizationsWhen autocracies promote multilateralism, are they using liberal language to hollow out established rules from within, and seeking to exclude non-state act

New publication! In @iajournal.bsky.social, @debremaria.bsky.social and I show the emergence of hollow multilateralism, whereby autocracies use the rules and principles of the liberal international order to hollow out the system from within. Our paper is open access! academic.oup.com/ia/article/1...

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Second, autocracies attempt to exclude non-state actors from international debates by advocating for one-country-one-vote principles. In combination, autocracies promote a form of multilateralism that is both substantively and procedurally hollow.

By using liberal language, they disguise their strategies as they promote multilateral cooperation. We show that the role of autocracies in multilateralism is one of hollowing out the system from within. We demonstrate our framework in the field of internet governance.

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Autocracies achieve hollow multilateralism via two strategies. First, autocracies promote shallow international standards of international law that do not include a commitment to implementation.

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Maria Debre

@debremaria.bsky.social

1 July 2025

Thrilled that our piece 'Hollow Multilateralism' is out in the latest issue of @iajournal.bsky.social! Co-authored with @danielleflonk.bsky.social, we show how autocracies use liberal language to hollow out norms in internet governance and sideline critical non-state actors.

International Affairs@iajournal.bsky.social

With summer in full swing, we have launched our July issue today!☀️ 🌏 Special section on Central Asia and the Indo-Pacific 🔖 Articles on climate politics, EU-UK relations and more 💻 Policy papers on US foreign policy & AI governance 📚 24 book reviews Read NOW: academic.oup.com/ia/issue/101/4

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Nina Reiners

@ninareiners.bsky.social

15 May 2025

✨We warmly invite you to the opening event of the workshop "Autocracies as International Lawmakers", co-hosted with @debremaria.bsky.social ✨ The discussion is followed by a reception. Please register here: www.jus.uio.no/smr/english/... 📅 2 June 2025, 15:00-17:00 📍 Norwegian Nobel Institute

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@iojournal.bsky.social

1 May 2025

How should scholars of international politics think about the future of IR in the midst of important shifts in global politics? We're seeking submissions -- limited to 4,000 words -- for a special section on the future of IR, due June 15, 2025. Please share! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

cambridge.orgCall for Submissions: Special Section on the Future of IRWelcome to Cambridge Core

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Christoph Harig

@charig.bsky.social

19 Apr 2025

A short article of mine on civil-military relations and democratic backsliding had been accepted for publication in the journal "Connections". Then I received an email that the editors can't publish the paper unless I "remove the case study/examples of the United States" (1/x) #CivMilSky

11 Mar 2025

New project! Happy to be granted the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) by the JSPS for my project on hollow multilateralism. In this four-year project, I will assess how autocracies are increasingly pushing for new norms and institutions that challenge conventional notions of multilateralism.

11 Mar 2025

I argue that this type of multilateralism is hollow: the promotion of multilateralism by authoritarian regimes is a fig leaf to use the rules and principles of the liberal international order to hollow out the system from within

11 Mar 2025

I will be working with Co-Investigator @tomokotkhsh.bsky.social on the role of China in 'democratizing' global governance. With @debremaria.bsky.social, I will be writing a book manuscript that brings qualitative and quantitative research designs together in a comprehensive framework.

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Maria Debre

@debremaria.bsky.social

10 Mar 2025

The Dictators’ Club: How Regional Organizations Sustain Authoritarian Rule (OUP) is out now! 📚 We live in an age of rising authoritarianism. Many assume that regional organizations (ROs) are key to help protect democracy and human rights - but what if they do the opposite?

ecpr.euInternet and Politics in the AI era: digital technologies and their impact on norms, rights and political processesEuropean Consortium for Political Research

6 Mar 2025

Exciting to be working on this project on the role of regional organizations in promoting digital sovereignty with @debremaria.bsky.social!

Maria Debre@debremaria.bsky.social

I am thrilled to receive a grant on the role of #RegionalOrganizations and the spread of #digitalsovereignty practices in the Global South from the Thyssen Stiftung together with @danielleflonk.bsky.social. Stay tuned for insights on how, where, and why #digitalauthoritarianism travels.

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Mariëlle Wijermars

@mariellew.bsky.social

21 Nov 2024

Replying to @mariellew.bsky.social

If you're interested in this topic, consider submitting to the #ecprgc25 section 'Internet and Politics in the AI era' (S31) chaired by Gabriela Borz and co-chaired by Ramón Villaplana and myself. We are looking to fill three panels on internet freedom. @ecpr.bsky.social ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

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jess rauchberg

@jessrauchberg.bsky.social

20 Nov 2024

Replying to @jessrauchberg.bsky.social

Acabestie @drbrandonharris.bsky.social (along with Andrew Wilson & Danielle Flonk) promise a provoking final #NCACreatorPrecon presentation on shitposting and trolling. (This shitposting scholar is selfishly excited!) #NCA2024